The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-02 00:00:00

SPAII'~°. SEVILLE Nov . .—Frotit La Mancha lcath that the army of that Province is on its march; that the cavalry is in Valdepenk and that all the' troops are highly satisfied with the General, to whom they exclai m — , e Death, or Madrid ! let us return no more to the Sierra." Nov 3 Advices from La Mancha state, that the army still continued to advance, and that the head quarters are now in Santa Cruz. The General had harangued the troops. The advance of cavalry had Pushed on as far' asManzanares without seeing any enemy. The French are said to be retreating upon Toledo, which they are fortifying with the utmost aetivity. It is of course inferred, that they,intend to make a stand there. Nov. 4.—The head-quarters have been a&ually moved to Santa Cruz. The General reviewed the Cavalry : He at the same time addressed them in these words—" 'My good fellows, I am marching you from La Mancha, and it is my intention not to revisit it, until we have first reached the Pyrenees." This army has 60 pieces of artillery, and 7000 cavalry. The infantry are well equipped, and look extremely well. On the 2d, five of the enemy's cavalry de serted to our army, with their horses and arms ; and °II the 3d, came in eight other deserters of the same according to the route given to the different divi -B'ons on commencing their march, the vanguard and Qrst division are to be at Ocana or Aranjuez on the 9th ; the 2d and 6th at Villatovas ; the 3d and 7th at Tern!pleque and . Romeral ; the 4th at Villanueva ; and the sth at Tinstillos. SEVILLE, Nov. 6.—The enemy, in their retreat before the army of La Mancha, left behind them at Almagro 4000 rations of bread. The Duke del Parque, in a dispatch of the 24th communicates the details of the unsuccessful at tack of the enemy upon Astorga, on the gth of the Ba fae month. They first appeared -at day-break, a force of 2600 men, infantry and cavalry, an eight -pounder, and a howitzer. At- noon,. the in fantry advanced in two columns, supported by ca valry on their flanks, by the suburbs of Rativia, with the - intention of forcing the gate of ,Obispo ; but they met with so warm a reception from 300 men of . the regiments of St. lap,' volunteers of Leon, Buenos Ayres, and the sharp-shooters of Brenzo, who were posted on the wall, in that quarter, that, after an ineffetival contest . of four hours, they/re- treated, with the loss of about, i 0 killed and 200 ' w ounded. , Next morning six of the enemy de lerted to Astoria, with their arms and accoutre !merits. The following dispatch has been received from Ge neral Blake, relative to the attack•of the enemy L 3n , the 20th ult. on the camp of BrunolAs, of Which an official account has been already pub lished " MOST EXCELLENT SEIGNIOR—The body of troops under my immediate command, had scarce ly established themselves in their position on the heights of Brunolas, in the night of the 18th inst. When, in the doming of the 19th, several recoil toitring parties of the enemy, consisting of between 00z) and 600 men; came in sight, but not , being 'le to get so near as they wished, they then re lited. On the following day, however, they re totned, between 2boo'and 3000 strong, with 250 cavalry, by way of S. Dalmay, and penetrating through the thick woods, which cover every part of the ground in that direction, they reached our ad 'vanced posts; which began to open their fire in tront of Brunolas. Field Marshal D. Martin Garcia Loy torri, who commanded in _that quarter, instantly‘nr- , dered out such of the light troops of his division as he t hought necessary, and Brigadier D., Enrique bonnel advanced from the centre with a part of t t l4 , o e troops under his command. The light troops, ~,tisisting mostly of the provincial grenadiers of New and the grenadiers and the chasseurs of the, ,A r alioon Guards, compelled the enemy to fall back in the direction where the firing commenced, and pursued their). to their 'posit ion, whence . O'Donnel returned after dark, having burnt, several of the tnernY s encampments which they had abandoned. he enemy's loss was considerable, owing to the reeipitancy of their retreat; ours consisted of one Captain of, the provincial grenadiers wounded, and four or five soldiers killed, and a few wounded. God Preserve your Excellency many years. Camp of Brunolas, 22d Od, 1809. J 0 A CiU IN BLAKE." " The Most Excellent Seignior D. Antonio Cornet." the Government Gazette observes,that the above Ipatch isa sufficient refutation of the account given the Madrid 'Gazette, of the, total defeat and de .:truEtion of Blake's army on the 26th of September. 't theh contrasts the latter account, with the real State of the occurrences on that -day, When Blake 44 cceeded in throwing a supply of provisions and a r einforcement into Gerona. The discontents in Sweden are very general, and katerial alterations in. the .Goverment are daily tx- A„e&ed. It has - been rumoured that the unfortunate ZusrAvus has lost his life, . A letter dated Gotten uurgh, the 25th, - says— . • . , " There is a report in circulation here, that the. °rnlcr King, GUSTAVUS,' is dead, and that there is 'all)e disturbance at Stockholm ; indeed, it is ex- . I tled some material change is about to take place. th '‘ery thing is quiet at Gottenburgh ; the officers.of I e English ships land, and frequently conle to - 4 ) tun in plain clothes, it being the request of the ,o.vernor for them not to appear in uniform. Ad .,_'etral Dicxsorr is arrived from the Belt, and corn 4"tt ands in Aawk Roads ; the winter is set in very ,evere i there is a great deal of iceihere now ; the Rackets are expe&ed .to continue coming here all th e winter." . Another letter of the, same date rnentions'the re port of the death .of GUSTAVUS, but adds, that it w as generally discrldited. , • TheDreadnough,t,Adtniral SOTHEpt,lately arrived ait vr l 'lYlnouth, ftotn theßochefort station, exhibits a Z • i atifying instance of the good efFeets of that system discipline with respe& to 'dress, cleanliness, and v. tl'ilation, introduced-into the Navy. This vessel, cas out thirty •weeks, during sixteen of which thi) qli e w never had a single fresh 'meal, and yet she had i Y, one man on board whom it was necessary to "" to the hospital s when She returusd to port, . . . ' It . We are sorry le. learn that Mr. TREssAt'lla§. been induced; , by the precarious state of his health,. to resign his situation of Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy, 'situation for which he. was so Well qualified, by 'his' talents, learning, and expe rience. We do , not hear that any candidate has started for the vacancy. On Wednesday afternoon his Excellency the Per sian Ambassador, who arrived in the Formidable, of g 8 guns, landed at Mount Wise, and was received with every mark of' politeness and respe& by the Naval and Military officers, and the inhabitants.of Plymouth. He went with his suite to WATKINS'S Hotel, accompanied by Captains FAYERMAN and WOOLY. As it seems to be generally acknowledged that Lord GRENVILLE has addressed a letter to his friends at Oxford, in vindication of his condua, \re speeting the" Roman Catholics, it has very natu rally been , considered as somewhat strange that he has , not submitted it to the whole body of the Uni versity. Surely it what his Lordship has *ritual is really a full and satisfactory explanation and defence of his conduft and futuie views, it Must excite con , vitaion in more than his immediate friends and con nedjonS, and tend to augment his chance of be coming Chancellor of the University. The con cealment and mystery on this subject, on the other hand, cannot but lessen the probability of his elec tion. Some more letters have been received from Wal cheren. They speak of nothing else but the ap proaching evacuation of that Island. The following is an extra& of a letter, dated " MIDDLEBURGH, NOV. 1 have been in formed from persons coming from the opposite coast that the French troops have been aCcumulating.in South Beveland since the 20th, and are' now in very considerable force at Tergoes. It is reported here that General DON has sent a message to the Com mander of the French on the opposite side, inform ing him that he intends to evacuate' the Island ; at the same time acquainting him, that if any attempt is made to oppose the embarkation of the troops, he will open the sluices and inundate the whole Island, which he has 'the means of accomplishing in the small space. of an hour. The answer of the French General has not as yet arrived ; nor have the four Magistrates returned who waited upon Gen. DON." A Lady attra&ed much notice at Covent-Garden Theatre, last night. She wore an Otaheite cloak, entirely of feathers. CURIOUS TOUCH OF THE HYDItOPHOBIA.—Some time since,,a dog, having symptoms of hydrophobia, was pursued, and pdssing in the street, at Cogges ball, in Essex, was observed to bite a bread barrow, which was standing at the door of a baker in that town. .The barrow was aCtually chained up in the yard for six weeks to prevent its being used, and a ' carpenter was sent for to cut out that part which was seized by the dog. , A farmer at present resides near Horsham, who has occupied a small farm nearly forty years, and has until these very few years past performed all the labour of tilling and cultivating the land himself; without any assistance except that of two horses, one of which be bred upon the farm above thirty-\ four vearr since, and is now in constant work. The other is more than twenty-one years old, and has belonged to the same farmer more than fourteen years. -The united ages of these agricultural horses h more than fifty-five years, and they are now able to perform all their work. Wednesday morning, about three o'clock, J. Rey nolds, a corporal of the 28th regiment, deliberately blew out his brains in his barrack-room, Colchester, with a musket, to the trigger of which he fastened a stringovhich he tied to his toe. No cause is known for his committing the rash deed. He complained of being unwell the preceding day, but was at the play at night. The upper part of the skull is much shattered, the ball passing through it. A private in the second battalion of the fourth Regiment of Foot, having a propensity for desertion,, lately absented himself for that purpose, and to pre vent dete(ition ascended a lofty hay-stack, in the neighbourhood of ,Colchester, by means of a ladder, where he intended to remain about 48 hours, till the alarm of his desertion had a little subsided. A short time after he had ascended 'the stack, the ladder being wanted by the farmer, it was removed, to. the great mortification' of the soldier, who lay anxiously. waiting the lapse of time when it was 'supposed the pursuit would be over; during which time a lassi tude and debility affeCted him so much, that he was unable to use exertions to descend the hay-stack,. therefore was obliged to remain without .food, atm .Subjea to the inclemeney of the late severe weather, which has so much injured him, that it is very doubtful if his life can be saved. His frame is re- duced to a mere skeleton, his feet arid legs in a state of mortification, and his tongue quite black.— He is now under the care of Dr. Roberts. who will doubtless use every means, in this singular case, to effe& a restoration to health. He was accidentally discovered by a hay-binder who was employed to cut bay from the -stack, upon: which he bad lain three weeks, and must shortly have perished, his faculties and organs of life, being incapable of the least.exertion. "What is most extraordinary , in this soldier's case, about two years ago he was in a simi lar situation, having then deserted and secreted him s:4upan a hay-stack, where be was discovered, al most lifeless, atter laying there on that occasion 'abotit a fortnights his life was then preserved by medical aid almost to a miracle. We were.yester day infirrmed, that he is likely to.survive the severe shock his constitution must hare sustained, but that, from the effect of mortification, one ankle will drop off, and the leg must, of course,. be am putated. Friday week a sail-boat belonging to Messrs.. StUddert and Gabbett, • returning from Limerick to Kitrush, foundered at Money Point, near Tarbert, and,melantholy to relate the entire of the persons on, board perished; the unfortunate sufferers were, 'a young gentleman who was passenger, Stephen Rod ford, a boatman, and Mary CaSey, ,an inhabitant of Kilrush. Tuesday afternon a melancholy accident occurred in Birmingham. A party, consisting of seven per sons, went to shoot at a target ; four discharged their guns, and one man's gun missed, fire ; when, s!'he . was endeavouring to sharpen ,the flint, the piece unfortunately Went off, and lodged the con= tents in' his heath He immediately died, leavi l ia a wife and nine children, to lament their loss. LISROM We have been - fat:blared with a letter froth Lisbon, brought by the last mail; in which ouT readers will find many spew, and interesting communications. Lisho'N, Nov. 17.—1 t is finally determined to persevere in the defence of this country.. Marshal Beresford can bring 25,0(30 men into the field of 'week's notice. The Portuguese force is at present 'in tile interior, where proviSions can be obtained without distressing the frontiers or interfering with the depots that are aalually forming in different SeVeral of the native corps are highly spoken of by our best officers. Lord Wellington is certain!? idolized here; and at the Theatre when he entered, all stop was put to the representation, so repeated were the acclamations to the Conqueror of Tala vera.. " The Minister, Mr. Villiers, who has returned to this place, has once more taken possession of the Pombal Palace. His conduEt_ here seems to have given 'great satisPaion to the, portuguese," and, from every information I can gain, be appears to deserve their thanks. He is zealous in their cause, and makes every exertion, personal and' political, to assist them. The Consul General, Jefferey, late Member for Poole, is highly esteemed. The Ad miral attends to his duty, and makes friends among all parties. From the armies there is little of novelty 'Lord Wellington has about 28,000 fit for service; and reports have said, his force as well as the Spa niards are advancing. At any rate all Officers have had orders to joio, and this city is very thin to What it was. The pirke del Parque has gained great credit 3t-: Salamanca ; on the first attack his army was worsted, and his cavalry behaved ill, so much so that the infantry fired on them ; the whole then returned to the charge, and certainty completely de feated Ney's army, which has left Salamanca in haste, of Which place the Spaniards, were in ,posses sion‘. There is no doubt but that 2200 French have been buried. lam convinced the Portuguese troops Will behave well, and so will the English Officers who command them. Marshal Beresford deserves every commendation; . be has enemies, and. some even among' his own countrymen, whose expeEta tions,do not seem to have been . fully realized, al though they have every thing they can . wish for, and promotion beyond what they' had arty right to ex pe6l. However, they are determined to sire‘.v their soldiers the road, 'and if they can once teach them the use of the bayonet, the French will find a dif ferent reception to what they anticipate. The Royals are still at Belem, but the garrison here is small, - every man being sent to the army as soon as possible. " Lord Wellington, I •hear, does not choose tb aa, at least he doe's not see how he can at here and be with the army at the same time; his situation is the same as the late Duke D'Alafoes held. I be lieve our army will move to the left soon, as where theyare the ground is low, and overflowed by the Guadiana in winter at times. The whole army is now under cover of tiles. The artillery were the last which left their huts. No truth of Santarem becoming bead-quarters. Fortifications are coin mencing round St. Julian's, on every point which commands that fortress. I am happy to observe,' the, condu& cif the Errglish has converted many who were once French. "American vessels have been pouring in here at last. A license has been obtained to allow the tran shipment of, the produce, and about 25,000 barrels of flou r , together with cotton, &c. tic. are shipping off for England, principally foy Liverpool." THE THEATRES.--There was so little interruption to the representation of Cure for the Heart-Ache, last night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, even during the last two kits, and the After-piece of The Jubilee, that we are justified in the hope that good humour will ar length be restored between the Public and the Proprietors, and that we shall again enjoy our rational amusement without disturbance. Daly one person ventured to appear with the 0. P. ensign, and he endeavoured to excite ( the same feelirigs which have so often produced scenes of turbulence and confusion. - His views, however, met with so little encouragement, that he was easily taken into custody, and feW appeared to be disposed to follbw his example. Nothing therefore occurred but , a few hisses; and 'sometimes a ludicrous imitation of what passed on the stage. Our recent naval victory afforded 'a good opportunty for - the Proprietors to, pay a tribute of respect to our gallant Tars, and they properly availed themselves of it by introducing• a view of the Bay of Rosas, which, with the'exhibi- Lion of banners, fireworks, &c. and a triumphal arch, inscribed " 25th October—COLLINGWOOD, HALLowgLL, MARTIN ,"had a very pleasing effe&, -and excited much applause. This occasional tribute to naval 'heroism, drew out the true charaeter of JOHN BOLL, and he cordially joined in the, airs of "‘ Hearts of Oak," " Rule Britannia," and . " God save the King." THE LY - cEum.— , -The Honey Moon was repreSented last night, at this Theatre, and Mr. MELNiIN ventur ed to appear in the charaCter of The Duke. It' was a rash atte.:npt,.and was by no means attended with success. Mr. MELVIN . is no more calculated for characters . charaers which require dignity , than .he is for aline .elegant comedy... is true 'fbrte is low comedy, ;Ind in that province alone is he likely to acquire• any permanent reputation as an aCtor.-- . Miss DoticAN - bad a cold, which prevented her singing her usual air,.and an apology was made by RUSSELL for the omission.—Mrs. ORGEE perfortiled the part of Yolante with great spirit, and ' . IVIkS RAY was animated in that of Zamora. The Play altoge . ther went off very well. The,house 'was full. Mr. ELLISTON closed his engagement at the Bath Theatre, on' WedneSday evening, in the parts of LoCior Rangios and The Three Singles. The Misses and Mr. Gutoux finish their engagement at the same theatre. this night. Mrs. GLOVER is engaged at the Glasgow Theatre, which will open on Mond4 next. • • CATALANI, it seems, has made up her quarrel with the Manager of the Opera-House, and is engaged for next season, upon very handsome. terms. Here she will appear in her proper chara6ler, and if she had never beet)) engaged at Covent-garden Theatre; _it is very probable that the disturbances at that place would by no ineans have been .of so fort:6l3l*e a nature avthei, have tinfortungtt)y :POLICE. RIOT§ IN COVENT . -GA(' I)EN • T , -now-sTßEET.—TheMagistrtiteii3 , ;,c,..,l to `a determination oot.to recei;e any chaigt: the Theatre after nine o'clock, as . tho , e dud made therri liable to be taken into-Cato could be conveyed to the watch-ho6se. brought up to the Office in the morning ,t;>Pee.:..-.:1:i;- nation. John - Thomas, of Argyle-street, Okford-rend, wab charged by Mr. Brandon with 'making a ' noise In the -pit nt . Coventgarden Theatre, by ehibifing large 0. P. in the front of his hat, and brandishing a large stick over his head, as if to pfotea whiCh created7V'much noise in the house; 'a's: to peevent the perfOrmers from being beard, • prisdner was taken to the watch-house. MANstok,-1-TOuss.—A case of a si - ngnlar ,nnture ctune on to C. heard :before the Lour; Alderman C. Sm - yrti.—The Stewards of a Idenc!it Society were summoned by' the Wi&ow of one of their Members, to spew cause Ay they Nhould not continue to piy her an annuity of poi. per annUtri', according to their Article's. Mr. ALLEY ,atlondcd On the Dart of thePlainfiff, , and ATF.EbL,LAND for toe I...kienuants. cir ciunstan W ces ere as-follow :---Th R e uh.-s of tie So- . ciety provided, that the widows of members be entitled to an annuity of. 201. and that, they marry again, the:Society, on the payment (:f 201. ,should he released from any further claim; ing made upon them. The husband 'of the Plaintiff had been dead upwards of five years, and she.had received her afinnity till about eighteen months' . since, at which time she married ;: and on produc ingthe certificate of her marriage to the stew.ardn, they paid her: 201. and took her receipt for , Some time - afterwards she discovered that the man -whom she had niatried had a wife a.KI several did:- dren living in Cornwall ; and; in faa, after havi;ig spent Fer money, and made away with her prop,:rty; he went back to his wife, and is now with - her at Penzanee, in Cornwall. On this desertion, she ap plied to' the stewards, demandiug to be again put • Upon the list . of widows, on the grounds of her ing been deceived, and tharshe was still, in fad, a widow. On the part of the Defendants; it was con tended, that the Plaintiff cotild.have no farther claim .4k on the Society, they having, in compliance with the Rules of the Society, on the production of the riage certificate by the Plaintiff, paid her 20h and taken' her' receipt for it. Several witnesses .were ; , called On'the part of the Plaintiff; and the first wife,, being proved to be alive, his,LoreShip and,the wan:. r thy Alderman were of opinion that she ought to Jai. reinstated on the - books of the Society: , MARLBOROUGH-STREET. — 4 - A charge, Of sneep Stealing was yesterday preferred at this Office, by Mr. Hall and other wholesale butchers, agaiirst man of the name of Thomas cross; formerly a ser vant to one of the complainants, and from whose service he Was discharged for misconduct. Tho complainants have lands for the purpose of turning in their cattle, after purchasing, and Mr. Hall's i s at Neasdon, on the, road to Edgeware. ,Orr the night of the 14th of NoVember, 5 fatsheep were killed on Mr. Hall's ground, the carcases of which were left, and the fat alone, which .is worth on tni . average 6s. 8. a sheep, was stolen. It appeared that this kind of depredatioe had been carried on a con siderable time, one salesman having had if sheep killed, another 8,„ another 5, &c. In 'several in= stances the animals had, only been -half killed, and were found in the_morning alive, with their. throats half cut, arid' the fat from the flanks had . been talz , :u away by cutting open the bellies. The . prisener was strongly suspected of tliese barbarous practices, he having 'been traced to have sold considerable gnat tities of fat, and he was taken jam) custody when in the act of offering to vend' a . quantity of that- artielc at, an inferior price :to Mr. M'Kinder, a tallo chandler, East -street, Manchester-sqpare. Ilc wlll remanded for another examination. :Yesterday seinnight two French. officers, prisoners of- war, at Norman Cross,.escaped by the expedient of secreting themselves in the soil carts of the prison, in which, at the usual time in the morning, they were drawn out of the confines of the depot. They have since, it is 'supposed, made their way for_Ahe Lincolnshire coast, - avoiding *the main roads, - and . concealing themselves in woods or other places dur-:: - Mg the day., They are two naval Captains, cell dressed ; .one is 5 feet 5 inches' high ;- the- other 'feet 3 inches, and speaks English. , It may be remembered, that some months ago an account was extracted from the French pavers, of the execution of some persons in France, Who weiri attached to the secret service of this country. Gentleman lately returned from France ,was present at the examination of M. Pregent (the - Confidential agent of M;Puisaye); whs,, , being detected him4eiti; endeavoured to procure his pirdon.by sacrificing .his colleagues, several of whom became the victims of his treachery, and when he declared that he had *nothing further to discloSe, he underwent a similar' fate.to that which he had procured for his comrades: It is said that Chateat3:Brilliarw was, in like ru'all n erj induced to. attempt insuring his own 'safety, by cri minating the persofiw . who had assisted him in • his mission. FIRE.—On Thursday night; about.nine o'clock; a fire broke out on board a large vessel ,lying at Shad well Dock, which was entirely des'iroyed. The accounts froni Colchester of the sick btobght to that garrison 'horn Flushing ; are of the most satis faaory nature; upwards of f 2000 haVing recovered there in a short time, under the skilful treattnent of- Drs. ROBERTS and FELLowss, Physicians.to the Army. The former wrved many years in that ca pacity in the West Indies ) dining the last war; and the latter at Gibraltar,while the 'late destruaive fever' raged tht-te.. The analogy observed by, theni be!; tween the fevers; they were so . muCh accustomed lb, and the disease that h4s , swept off sych tiorithe3 of our troops in Zealand) led them to adopt a made of treatment which has proved eminently su - ccessful. It is much to be rei . etted, considering the very great mortality iri outartpy at WalCheren i , t hat tie talent, and experience.of these tientlmicti tier trot4iNaot4 thQ spot.; a